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Married man spared jail A married man from Stocksbridge who ‘groomed’ a 15-yearold schoolgirl had booked a hotel room for them just before the youngster’s step-mother alerted the police, writes Jon Cooper for the Sheffield Star.
Sheffield Crown Court heard on December 15 how Matthew Nightingale, aged 37, of Knowles Avenue, in Stocksbridge, gave the youngster gifts, took her to McDonald’s, kissed her and exchanged sexual pictures. Judge Peter Kelson QC told Nightingale: “There is plainly here grooming in the form of expensive gifts being bought for this child.” He added: “You spent a lot of time with her and you spent a lot of time alone with her but your activity only extended to kissing her when you dropped her off back
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at home. These kisses began as pecks and lingered longer as time passed.”
£2,000 because he felt it was his fault she had lost her job.
Catherine Duffy, prosecuting, said the 15-year-old’s step-mother became suspicious when the youngster was receiving gifts and the police were alerted.
The youngster stated Nightingale would give her gifts and pick her up in his van and take her to McDonald’s and drop her off at the end of the street where he kissed her.
The court heard Nightingale had given the youngster, who cannot be named for legal reasons, expensive items including trainers, perfume, a watch and £2,000.
Ms Duffy said Nightingale met the youngster more often after school and they went shopping in Rotherham and they started kissing more often.
Nightingale claimed the youngster was a friend he had met at a Sheffield pub and they had communicated by Snapchat and texting and they had gone to McDonald’s and he had bought her gifts.
During one trip to Scarborough, Nightingale told the youngster he wanted them to be in a relationship, according to Ms Duffy, and after a trip to Doncaster’s Frenchgate Shopping Centre they shared a kiss that was more like a snog.
He admitted putting money into her bank account and giving her
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Covid: Chancellor announces help for hospitality The chancellor has set out measures to help England's hospitality sector as it struggles with a collapse in bookings sparked by the rise in Covid cases. Speaking on Tuesday, Rishi Sunak unveiled a £1bn fund of cash grants of up to £6,000 per premises for each eligible firm. He said the government would also help certain firms with the cost of sick pay for Covid-related absences. The chancellor also announced an extra £30m to help theatres and museums. He said the "generous" new support recognised the situation many hospitality and leisure businesses faced in the run-up to Christmas.
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